eBooks

eBooks can be accessed both on and off campus from any PC with an internet connection. We have some core textbooks available. Use the Library Catalogue (on campus access only) to search all our titles from one place rather than going to each eBook site separately.

eBooks are available at:

Credo Reference​ – an online reference resource containing dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesaurus and books of quotations. If you're accessing Credo Reference from outwith the College use this link.

Dawsonera – click on 'sign in'. Choose to login with Shibboleth and use your College network login.

Images/Multimedia

Hairdressing Training Tutorials – 19 new videos from Hairdressing Training to support hairdressing students and teachers, professional hairdressers and others working in the health and beauty industry.

JISC Mediahub – lots of images, videos and audio files for use in education. On campus login via direct access. If you're accessing from outwith the College use this link.

John Johnson Collection -Access to the John Johnson Collection of printed ephemera covering advertising, entertainment, crime and popular prints from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Newspapers/Journals

British Periodicals - This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.

Emerald – full text management journals. If you're accessing from outwith the College use this link.

JISC Journal Archives - A collection of articles from over 450 journals published by Brill, Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Physics, ProQuest, Oxford University Press and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Vogue Archive - The Vogue Archive is part of the ProQuest subscription. The Vogue Archive is a digitised archive of the US Vogue magazine from the 1890's to the present issues. It contains useful resources for fashion and photography as well as those studying culture and gender issues.

Databases

Credo Reference – reference resource containing dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri and books of quotations. If accessing from outwith the College use this link

Digimap – Digimap for Colleges provides easy access to a range of up to date Ordnance Survey digital mapping for Great Britain. You can access detailed maps showing building outlines, street level maps, road atlas style maps and maps for outdoor activities. Please Note: This resource is only available from PCs in College.

Early European Books - Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources. If you're accessing outside the college use this link

GoGeo – online discovery tool searching geospatial information and services across a number of gateways.

Hairdressing Training Tutorials – 19 new videos from Hairdressing Training to support hairdressing students and teachers, professional hairdressers and others working in the health and beauty industry.